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MP 1 ' w ^ THE FRIENDLY SEASONS. I'm friends with all the seasons, no mat* ter how they go? Tb thankful for the summer, an' I jest rejoice in snow! in' nevermore this world shall be a wildernnu of woe While dreamin' of its harvests in the mornin'! I'm thankful in th* darkneas for the dreams that whuper "Light!" For the thought that mornin's comin' with a wreath o' ro*cn bright; For (be harbor that'* off yonder, with the rest of it in night? iWhen the thipn will ride at anchor in the mornin'! ?Atlanta Constitution. I THE OVERLAND 1 EASTBOUNO Ij mmzmmmm T"T EH name was Eulalio. bat ?~ linn |^v everjoue iu e>i?iuu taiim u? | jf Dottle. "Old Man" Lebrun, her father, bad started Efkton. He came down ax a hunter and trapper In the old days when the territory was as primeval as wax bis own Canadian frontier, but when the wild fame was pretty well hunted out and the white emigrant* and the soldiers commenced to come be turned freighter. and later, when the copper camp Started at (?oose Creek, he blazed .* tage route thither and founded the traffic that made him rich?for a frontiersman. When Mrs. Lebrun died Dottie was a chubby, big-eyed elf of four, and so the women, who were few. and the men. woo nau never mote than one tender Hide in their make-ups In those harsh days, petted the child and made life very swi-t and radiant as she grew. Now she was twenty. With the eyes of a doe. so lustrous and Wondering; brown skin peeling a little from her oval face from the whipping, ssnd-spattered winds of the plains, the form of a stately woman and the heart of a yearning child. She had been "through school." had taught it for a term and was esteemed as the most learned inhabitant of Elkton "next to Parson Davies and Squire Beeno," and. . perhaps. Professor Swinton. who was. j however, a newcomer, and therefore jet on probation. Professor Swinton "stopped" at Lebnin's. He was a New Yorker, frank, boyish, unaffected, gentle and generous He laughed deprecatlngly at the "professor" Idea, for be was only "principal" of the three-room school, and be bad that admirable desire to be j ' called by bis given name that is strong In all yonng, ingenuous natures. Hia coming bad made quite a "difference" .With Eulalie, and they had come along o well in tbelr acquaintance that she now called him "Mister Manrice" and he said "Miss Eulalie." He had told her many wondrous things about New York and the world that lies beyond and apart rrom tne sanu-girt suenres of her home, of tbe splendor and the folly of the pageantry and tbe mockery. of tbe canon-like streets, tbe glories, the squalor, tbe resonance and the emptiness of tbe life be bad left to grow np, as be said, with the free West. Sometimes he told her love atories. of which she forgot to ask bim "How do you know?" and silent and eager-eyed, like tbe child in the nursery at night, she only listened and hoped that his legends might never come to an end. If she had been a wise girl she might bare asked more questions, pertinent, personal. Intimate probes as to himacV. and then, being so frank, he might . have told her all and more than she could have wished to know about himself. But she was content to know him as be now was in Elkton. and. so knowing him. she said be was good to know and to see and to hear. Sometimes, when the sun was gone, they (rode their ponies away into the short grass, endless plateaus, that dip and rise above tbe mesa walls of tbc little town, sometimes they galloped through the narrow trails of the remoter hills, \>ut always she listened, smiling half adly, half raptly, and always he told his qnalnt Jokes, his true tales of real dairies and his romances of the BabyIons she might never see. One day be got a fat letter from tbe East, and when be bad read It. and laughed over It and held up tbe check (Which it brought, be ran into tbe ballpray and called for Miss Eulalle. She i-Milan Intft tnirn liar fntlipr ulri "to trade." Maurice went to the corral and saddled his pony. It was Saturday. his holiday. He galloped gaily down the dusty road, sniffing the hot jirlnd and twirling his quirt like a man .With good uews. lie met Eulalie in the oain street, just mounted upon her old white pony, and wared his letter at her. "Auat Von Wenlon is dead. Miss Eulalie." he said, stopping and look log ai nor merrny. "That one that gave the tea prtrty to the oats and kitten*? But you're sorry, ain't you. Mr. Maurice?" she asked, wondering at his levity. "Yes?and no. You see. she had only jhro reasons for living-cats and me. 8he preferred cats, and?then she was old beyond computation?but I will say that she did In-tter by uie than I had a right to ex|>eit. See? She has left me $500! I shall have money to burn." 'And his eyes looked wistfully rp the heat-scourged street, with Its nvking barrooms, its empty wooden sidewalks and its dreary sameness of frame shanty stores. "Will you wait till I cash this ch?*ek. Miss Fllalle?" he added, "I'd like to ride home with you.** She rode into the shade of the towu vol! anil toi Imr ftnni* ilrlnlr ti'lilln lu> "Went to the bank. Hut when he came back she Kai<l: "It's* train time. Mr. Maurice" (nidi a pouting 1'ttle grimace): "you know I love to see the trains go past. The Overland side-tracks tiere. and I'd like tu look at the people. Then you might see somebody you know." He laughed a?uin at her childlike tnrioslty, and they paced down the Street toward the station. The Overland whistled as they rode into the pace by the depot and down by the ide-track where the fed water tank teamed In the burning sunlight. He thought she looked verv beautiful as ft'*** they waited there, for he wa? accn** ? tomed to the rough buckskin gloves she g always wore, and he knew that the 8 grace which made her home-spun gown 9 seem picturesque *nd appropriate was X none of the dressmaker's art The ? choking sand swept down from the red O mesa and dusted her ebon hair as It 5 fluttered abroad in the blistering wind. O The little drops of perspiration that 0 started and trickled down her brown cheeks made muddj streaks upon her d( handkerchief as she wiped them away, til The train, groaning and trembling. as it slowed down past them, brought with it a tornado of dust and paper < that hid from him the sweet mouth of the girl beside him. but when be looked up he saw that his face was near the window of a private car. Within he could see the white and sil ver spienuor Ul iur uainmit !>? ?? I Id the sconces of the walls were cat L dowers and lush vines trailing between the windows. As the hiss of the engine ceased be could hear the tinkling music S| of a serenade that be had not beard ^ since he left New York. ^ "Let's ride up to the forward window. Miss Eulalie," he said. "Souebody is playing the piano." When they were opposite the window they could see a woman seated at the instrument, but as their shadows fell across the light she rose and came, facing them, as if to draw the shades. Eulalie saw the lily whiteness of her face, the great blue eyes, the yellow hair, the soft. light hand that rested an instant on the window's sill. She must hare dreamed the smile, it was so beautiful, and the voice, bell-like and tender, as the lady raised the snsh, and beaming like the morning, said: "Oh. Maurice. Maurice, that is you, isn't it?" Eulalie had not turned her eyes to him before Swintou was down, flushed, eager and tremtding. He held o'lt the end of his bridle to Eulalie and she * ?- <* Ilm, ?nii-r llftUV AC lUVVIIUUiUlli;, UWI ii|/o wondering as she always wondered. The angelic face had vanished from the window and Maurice bad gone into the car. hut Bulalie sat there in the furnace breath of the sun and held his ponr. She did not hear the locomotive bell nor the voice from the platform T shouting "All aboard." Sho was yet ^ dreamiug. But the windows slipped m xilkiiy past her. and presently she wag 3 staring after the rushing cars, yet won- ^ dering if Maurice would tell her some pi stories about this fairy, the first that jn she bad ever seen from that wonder- C( land of his. But though she waited m for an hour, he did not come back. ^ She asked the stationmaster if be bad gl left, the train. Nobody had seen bim fc since he and she bad been sitting cn their ponies together. T "The next stop east is Brussels," said w the agent. "If be gets off there he'll h< be back on the night local." hi So ibe left bis pony at the depot, f0 rode slow'y home through the dust ai and came back to the night local He p] did not come. He never came to Elk* 0I ton since, and Eulaiie no longer won- m dera. She knows.?John H. Raftery. in sr the Chicago Record-Herald. Tklift thm Physician 8*?. Sir Frederick Treves has spocen wisely and truly of the romance of medicine, viewing the subject from the standpoint of the physician's own life and discoveries. It has always seemed to us surprising that this fact has not been more emphasized, but that which is of the supremest importance to men and women la. by an old law of progress, precisely the last to which attention is directed. More wonderful, however, than this aspect of the physician's life is the fact of the tragedies, comedies and romances of which be ^ becomes the spectator. No one is ai- * InOiAfl H/>A an O nsi InfA lunnj ?u ocr 9U ucc|iij aiiu iic&umv iuiv the hearts of people. Into the very heart *? of the world, as he. By the nature of 0 his calling there can be no secreta kept from him. even If desired, and the strange longing of the human heart for . a confessor becomes an aid in the revelation which even to the priest can never be quite so complete. In these ^ days when novelists spend half their a[ lives in seeking "local color" and a bl knowledge of the realities and condl* T] tlons of the lives of their fellows. It Is la remarkable that they have so little sought the sad, the bright, the true m truth of life, which presents itself every day to the kind and conscientious ^ doctor. There is more romantic and ,^1 tragic material here going to waste?so jn far as relates to chronicling?than all the literature makera are Undine else- .? where. This concerning the Dichtung. 0f and when it comes to Wahrheit, no cr historian or psychologist has yet ha dreamed of the extent to which, consclousiy or unconsciously, directly or indirectly, sfbkncss dictates and doiniuates the actual lives of nearly every one of us.?Philadelphia Medical Jour- 2 naL The Law Batlncii. ^ Overcrowding is the motto of th*> tl] day. The factories are overcrowde d|tr The theatres are overcrowded. The only reason why one docs uot say that m the street cars are overcrowded, is that they are something worse. All such gj overcrowdings, however, are sparse- > ncss and loneliness compared with ^ the overcrowding of the bar. In 1SU1 there were fifty-eight law schools with or W)7.'{ students. Now, according to an ai estimate made by Professor Iluffciitr. j w of Cornell, there are 120 schools with j 14.0UU students. Meanwhile the num- ' ?1 ber of full OtfdeiHl lawyers in Ihe j United Stales is said by the last census ! to be about 114.WW. No other profes- [ slon, with the exception of teaching j ami of medicine, is so populous.?Chi-! cago Tribune. j ^ Sacking Polaonoaa Wooodi. Among ail people ti??? sucking of th?wound has ever been considered the most effective remedy of immediate a p. j plicatiou for snake biles. lu Africa a ' cuppiug arrnngement is employed in emergencies of the kind to draw out w the poisoned blood. The ancients fol- 01 lowed the same methods, and when w Cato made his famous ex|>edltiou W through the serpent-infested African A' deserts he employed many savage < snake charmers, called "psylli," to fol- Cl low the array. They performed raauy P< mysterious rites over men who were bltteu. but the efficacy of their trftat- Bl lent appears to have consisted In suck- ** tug the wounds.?London Express 1 bl ; : - .. .... \ OOeOCOODOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOQ This Moro Fort j Hard to Win. ] Queer Defenses of S Natives of j | Mindanao. i Id the Field. Mindanao. P. I.?Un>abtedly military men. engineers and te pnbUc In general will wonder why loo o o * *7 V a / o ?B .O 09 ie Moro fort of Pandapatan of tbe iltan of Bayan on tbe Island of Mln mao offered the resistance It did to le American attack, which waa made PECIMEN OF LIVING CORAL WITII POLYPS EXPANDED AND RETRACTED. Ith the assistance of a tl'ld battery, ho fort looked like any other Moro irt. but the Americans lost many en In trying to get into it. tlany forts, stockades and intrenched jsltions of the Moros bad very 'omptly surrendered to our column the march from the sea to the lake tuntry in the interior. There were any fortified places, because the enre lake region is divided up among ultans and Dattos, each with his Mowing and fortification. In fact about every house is a fort, here are trenches about it and stone alls and bamboo stockades. In each )use thus protected live a Datto and s immediate family and working tree of slaves, who cultivate the lands id care for the stock. Every fortified ace is supplied with one or more d cannon, a few small guns and any homemade bamboo cannon, lean, bolos, &c. Our first view of Fort Pandupatan treajch ground ^ VJ LLuli y ' jfjfr. & ^ -fffS li hhacjunT< cxr $ " L ?<>?t < m ~ t curred shortly after the taking of large stockade in the Bay an district, lie little fort, which was to cause us > much loss, looked much like any her Moro fort. In a general watv the fort was a luare Inclosure. Th" walls are of one. earth and bamboo and about reive feet thick at the base. They e some fourteen feet high. Tbene walls are covered with bamK) poles on the outside and also with i Immense entanglement of thorny usb both on the sides and the tor bis brush marie tbe fort look easy to Ice, as tbe stone walls did not sbow. Tbe walls of stone and loose eartb atly and tightly piled and packed ire many portholes and the lighting oro seemed to have a cannon or a Be at every porthole and tbelr shootg proved to be effective. Tbe Moro engineers bad also conructed two trenches about the fort considerable depth. One trench was o\^ed with desp-rate Moros who id taken the oath of their tribe to 11 ! TRENCH ? e facing the enemy. I can certify iat practically every Moro in that ench kej?t his oath. They fough: our officers and enlisted en on tl?* edge of the trenches, in ie trenches and everywhere. It was loot, cut. bite, throw rocks, and yell r fully thirty minutes. By that time ie Moros i:i th.* trenches were all ail, but our loss was heavy. Three four of our officers were wounded iri some twenty-five of our soldiers ere killed aud wounded. The shooting from the fort continued 1 this time. The inner side of tbe all# is several feet lower than the iter and afford* a position from hleh tbe Moron could lire at our men itkout exposing themselves to return re. JThere were several "lantakas" or innoii arranged to shoot from tbe jrtholes at the sides and ends. In ie middle of tbe fort is a bamboo jack. The narrow entrauce to the ?rt was protected by heavy w?oden tared doors during the tijjlit. i * " ' ' "H, ' ** ' ' ' The designers of most Moro fsrta take the precaution to make a passage by which the garrison can retire if need be. In this case the mode of retreat seemed to be through an underground passage from the fort to the lake. There was also a passage which led from the main trench. During the first part of the light I remember that a few Moro soldiers escaped through this trench to the open field and then ran to the bush. The cannon of the Moro fort consisted chiefly of bronze lantakes with a bore of about an Inch and a half. These cannon were slung up on beams or arranged In portholes. This crude arrangement might amuse one under ordinary circumstances. This time every piece of ordnance of the enemy was made to do such execution that we cannot ridicule the devices. Of course it was the very clom? range that made these pieces effective. When the cannon were suspended by ropes tbe gunners bad to maintain tbe aim by holding the cannon In Its proper alignment daring the discharge. v&iTM u PRECIOUS CORAL-A BRANCH IN OUTLINE AND ENLARGED VIEW OF POLYP FULLY EXPANDED. Tbe torch used to fire the cannou consists of a piece of native wood that hums steadily, on whlcfr are lasbed pieces of bamboo sticks to protect tbe band. The projectile used in these cannon consists of a series of pieces of thin bamboo or strips of leaves bound In cylindrical form about pieces of metal, glass, pebbles. &c. These cartridges are about four inches long. I saw some of these projectiles with tacks, screws, slugs. Jcc.. In them. After the battle our surgeons cut materials of this kind from many of the wounded. Several men and two or three horses fell into pitfalls. The depth of these pitfalls Is about seventeen feet. One man who fell In cut steps on the side* and thus worked his way to the surface. sucn was toe lort tnat aeneu tne Americans from the middle of the afternoon until daylight the next morning. About 5.30 a. m. the More flag had disappeared and a white flag was in its place.?New York Sun. CItIc Pride la Children. Our public schools stand as high as any In the world. All that can be done along the lines for which they were in tended is well and completely uoae. By law children between the ages of seven and fourteen years are compelled to attend school daily. It is possible, therefore, to lay here foundations for an interest in aesthetics of life, to create a widespread Interest in all that concerns tbe construction and decoration of the city, and to cultivate and arouse a civic pride, which is of paramount importance in all communities. Our public school buildings should be made veritable temples in all that goes to iutluence the sensitive minds of eliildren.?Municipal Affairs. An AdTertUlBg Kr?att. A lecturer on advertising says that a century ago a firm had to do business for a generation to become widely kuown and trusted, but by modern advertising methods a house can achieve the same (vault in a lew years. Lonstant advertising and honest dealing will build up a high reputation. Ksp?nalT? Hoom Decoration. In havlug their residence at Kastou Lodge. Dun mow, redecorated, the Earl and Countess of Warwick employed KM) workmen for two mouths, and upwards of $.">000 worth of gold foil was used In the giand drawing room. Thrrn Knotiu Hour. "Three knots an hour isn't such bad time for a clergyman," smilingly said the minister to himself, just after he had uuited the third couple.?TitBits. Wlahbone Sweetmeat Tongs. An English novelty is a pair of sugar j tongs shaped like a merrythought, and! I made oC solid silver. j V ' * *~V '. *< * K ' ' >*.' 2 ' . ? * \ ' . - . ' 1 Coral Jewelry in Favor ?Curious Formations. The decadence in the use of coral as an article of personal adornment has been very noticeable of recent years. Still, to frequent and arbitrary are the changes of faablon that It la doubtful if many of those who worship at ita shrine bare noted bow completely It baa been replaced by other leas valuable decorative substances. My lady baa aimply noticed tbat It waa not affected by the leaders of ber set. and presto, it baa been stowed away In oat of the way places. Not seen. it haa been forgotten. Bat now there are aigna in a late twirl of faahion's kaleidoscope that It will aoon again reclaim ita old place among the highly prised contents of the jewel caaket. It la perhaps not known that while coral grows?for It does grow and can be reaped like a crop In almost all parts of the world?precious coral, or i. ? =r I. * fL H ? LARVAE ESCAPING FROM MATERNAL POLYP. tbat used In jewelry, is found only in the Mediterranean, where it is Rath?-??!# ? Ka^aiti a# Hnntha t\f I t*i uu iu uifi i ulmj uviiviu u*. wv|>?mU ?? from twenty-five to sixty feet, though occurring also even down to 1000 feet Important fisheries exist on tbe southern coast of Italy, on tbe island of Penza, off tbe Gulf of Gaeta. on the coasts of Sicily. Corsica and Sardinia, on that of Algeria, south of Sardinia, and other places. At some of these the reefs are divided off into ten parts, only one of which is fished annually, ten years being considered sufficient for the proper growth of tbe coral. Collectively, corals constitute a welldefined natural group of several subgroups of distinctive peculiarities. These, naturalists have claased accord ing to tneir cnaracters unaer various beads, tbat to which precious coral (Corallium rubrurn) belongs, being called the Alcyonaria, a name derived from Alcyone, the fabled daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx. who, Inconsolable for the death of her husband, flung herself into the sea. In this tribe the so-called polyps, the minute animal organisms that construct the corals, have a body of a more or less cylindrical outline, which internally is divided by longitudinal partitions into eight compartmenta, each of which is surmounted by a fringed tentacle or feeler capable of being agitated In the water. The mouth, situated In the centre of the space surrounded by these tentacles, opens Into a stomach, whicb. at its lower end. communicates freely with the interspaces between tbe eight partitions before mentioned, and these open below Into a series of canals, whicb pervade a rather thin substance tbat covers tbe article we call coral, and are continuous with other like canals helonsincr to other doItds con uected with the name mass, or polypary. a* it is called. Into this covering material or cortex tbe polyps are capable of retracting themselves so as to become almost invisible, bat when it is taken into consideration that in precious coral tbe polyps are white and transparent, while tbe coral and its covering cortex are various shades of red and pink, the beauty of a live specimen with all the polyps expanded can be Imagined. Tbe coral animal passes through a life history enlivened with variety, uot unmixed with tragedy. The eggs are produced annually and become attached to the partitions which separate the cavities of tbe natural body. Here tbey develop and modify into nearly UNt Uh IHt UtLlbH AS DEPICTED ST JOHH ftcCUTCftEO ||M TgN k: '.Okait, m" The Pirate Chief tain: "We're uurroi Of wild buffaloes, on one side is an u tile natives, and in front of us are breal % f microscopic moving larvae. covered with vttratlle hairs. These, after playing for a time a boat the internal parts of the mother, abandon this singular sanctuary and go out In search of adventure. In this pursuit many of them come to grief by forming an acquaintance with other inhabitants of the deep, who regard them as a food delicacy, but those that escape, after their time of vagabondage, seek out a rock or shell to which they become attached and then transform Into polyps. Each of these produce from Its base expansions which, gradually growing larger, begin to bud out other polyps. PntMtin For HvkiaMi. An invention has lately been expert * J ?I*.*. a_ it.. n..iuk a ? meoiea wua in cue c-u^unu nrmjf known as a hyposcope, which is a device to be applied to rifles, by means of which tbe marksman need not disclose or expose himself to tbe enemy as be is about to fire over a protecting wall or embankment. Tbe English Government has ordered a number of these and some excellent shooting was recently done with one of them at the Blsley range, where five bull's-eyes were made In succession by one marksman. A number of prominent officers have become much Interested in the invention, and one. after seeing it in use. remarked that It about doubled tbe value of a soldier. Tbe money value of a soldier to the War Office has been estimated at $1500. and. armed witb tbe byposcope. be is worth $3000. Tbe Instrument Is a small affair, readily fixed to tbe gun. and when in position Is not at all In tbe way of tbe marksman. In use be place* tbe gun over the wall or breastworks, resting tbe butt on his bead, so that no part of the body Is exposed. In this position be alms and fires. Otactlojleal Chain K*cord. Any one who has ever made the attempt. to trace their family record knows that there is a curious fascination about It, and it is with consider able pleasure that each link is discovered which connects the present with time long past, especially If It be found that some ancestor held a prominent position In affairs, either as a statesman. soldier or business man. Numerous devices have been thought out for the convenient recording of the names and history of these ancestors, the chief difficulty being that in bringing all branches of an ancient family down to the present the branches are so numerous that It Is bard to Join them all to the one head in a form easily traceable. Pattie Williams Gee has designed a system of links and tablets which is practically limitless as to length and number of names which may be recorded, an Illustration of the Idea being presented herewith. In tracing In a direct line the tablets are connected one to the next by small rings or links, the branches being Indicated by additional tablets attached at intervals around the tablet One tablet of individual shape is provided I I bnrXIHO TABT AND PRESS XT OBSKKATXOVS. to mak* prominent the owner's name, and each record contains space for the main facts of the person's history. If desired a card system can be used in addition, a number on each tablet referring tn n onrp#??nonilln? card. When' I a complete history in detail can Inrecorded. CliiR tha Newspapers. For years railroad lines have been advertised mostly by booklets, folders, circulars and the like, using the newspapers only for time table. Recently several managers have used newspaper space for display advertising, and'one says that soon all the compa> nles will reduce or abandon other forms of publicity in favor of the newspapers. There are still over twelve per cent, of Belgian soldiers who can neither read nor write. TS OF BEING A BOY, N IH 4 RECORD-HERALD CARJOOfi. I uoded by perils. Behind us is a beM ufrlendly short' swarming with bosIters and deadly reptiles." * I J-|ousehold I ^ patters To laUeqwr BraM Bods. If your braM b?d it tarnished jot can relacquer It yourself at small coot Buj tea cents' worth of gam shellac dissolved In alcohol, and apply It with a paint brush. Other household artlriMt made of brass mar be treated In the same way. A Pastry B?c. To make a pastry bag fold a piece of strong cotton clotb about twelve Inches square diagonally to obtain a triangle. Sew the two edges on one side to* aether. Cut an opening at the point just large enough to allow for the insertion of a tin tube. Tubes of differ*. ent n\zea may be obtained. Those (or fronting are the smallest for whipped cream larger. To use the bag All It with the desired mixture and father the clotb together at the top, holding it firmly with the left hand. Hold the end of the tube close to the article wblcb la to be filled and press the mixture out with the left band. ? Lafratlar-ietaud Sb*?ti. Lavender-scented sheets are the de light of dainty housewives, and It la claimed that they Induce sweet slumber*. The odor is exceedingly fresh, clean nnd wholesome, and old-fashloned housewives always scented their linen and napegr with sprigs of tha sweet dower. Italian orris root is sometimes substituted for tbe lavender if the latter caunot be procured, but there is no reason why tbe farmer's wife or any one who has a plot of ground large enough fo ra vegetable or flower garden should not raiae quantities of lavender and keep tbe linens dellciously fragrant Hatha For Palms. "Those whose palms persist in harJ log yellow and brown tips on their fronds should try the expedient of firing them a daily and thorough both," Bars a woman who has alwaya been most successful with her winter palms. "A sponge dipped in warm water and rinsed as often as it becomes dusty should be used to cleanse every crevice and both the under and upper side of the leaves, as otherwlae the plant %uiuot breathe, and breathing Is as essen? tlal for plants as for people. Tben Instead of pouring water on the top of the earth set the pot, if not too large to handle, in a bucket or the bathtub over night, two or three times a week. In either case the water should not bo above the level of the pot. so that tho olant mav drink the moisture ud and the porous earthenware vessel become thoroughly saturated. Id this way oo earth or sustenance Is washed from the roots."?New York Tribune. Kadlaa Rift Nred DlilifitUw. A woman who knows the West and its Indians gfret a word of caution to tbqse who are collecting Indian bassets and rugs. Any one. she says, who has ever been among the Indiana realizes the unsanitary conditions prevailing in th?lr wick-l-ups or hogans. Filth ind disease of all sorts are much more apt to be the rule than the exception. , \mong the aborigines of the Southwest particularly water is almost an onknown quantity. They hare to depend upon the irrigation ditches through their reservations, and a "two hours' run" of water every eight or ten days with no vessels to conserve the precious fluid for use in the meantime, gives small leeway for water to Be used for cleansing purposes. The beautiful Pinea and Apache baskets will all besr a good scrubbing with some disinfectsnt in the wster. The Navajo rugs, if new. may be disinfected with. sulphur or formaldehyde?but if they how signs of any wear?wash thoroughly. The native wool blanketa colored with vegetable dyes are Improved, not injured, by waahing. Those dyed with mineral dyes are apt to shrink and fade. The Navajo rugs honestly made are not only practically indestructible. but rarely beautiful In design and coloring.?New York Commercial Advertiser. ; RKUir&O Baked Squash?Quarter tbe squash aad remove tbe seeds; place in a baking pan; pour on it a few spoonftfls of water, just enough to keep from bonn !ng. and bake in a very moderate oven , until tender and merely scrape tbe soft portions from the shell; mash, season well and serve very hot Esg Salad?Cut hard boiled eggs in thick slices or into quarters; arrange each portion on a leaf of lettuce partly covered with mayonnaise; arrange in ft circle on a flat dish or platter, placing the stem of the leaf toward tbe centre of the platter; place a bunch of nasturtium flowers in the centre. Vanilla Sauce?Scald two cupful* of milk In the upper i?art of a double boiler. Cream together two table* spoonful* of sujjar and tbp yolks of four egjjs and stir them Into the boiling milk. Stir the custard until it thickens. Remove It from the tire, add a teaspoonfui of vanilla aud stand awuj to cool. Clam Soup-Chop hue a cupful of clams and add to them their own li<iuur. strained. I'ut In one cupful of water. one slice of onion, a blade of mace, aud simmer for thirty minutes. Tblekrn iwo rupfuls of aiilk with two ta blcspooDfnl* of tlour and two tablesjmonfuls of butter. Strain the liquor from the dams and stir It slowly with milk. Season with Halt and a dash of paprika. Just before the soup is sent to the table, and as it Is removed from the lire, stir iu the wrllbeaten yulkg of two I'KgS. Stewed Celery?Scrape and wash the green stalks of the celery; cut each stalk into inch pieces; let them stand in cold water teu minutes; put them in a steam pan; cover with boiling water and add one tableapoonful of salt; cover the pan and let ?-ook until celery Is ten tier; then drain off the water and cover with cold water: i?iit one level tahlespoouful of butter in n frying pan; wlien meltiMl add one tab1ej?|HMiuful of flour: stir until Htuootli: add gradually ore tipfu! of milk; >iir over the tire until boiling and thlekeiied. add half u t- asjuMinful of sail, a little pep|>er and the stewed eelery; serve in a vegetable dk>h very hot.